Matthew 12:38-41

New American Standard Bible

The Desire for Signs

³⁸ Then some of the scribes and Pharisees said to Him, “Teacher, ^(A)we want to see a ^[a]sign from You.” ³⁹ But He answered and said to them, “^(B)An evil and adulterous generation craves a ^[b]sign; and so no ^[c]sign will be given to it except the ^[d]sign of Jonah the prophet; ⁴⁰ for just as ^(C)Jonah was in the stomach of the sea monster for three days and three nights, so will ^(D)the Son of Man be in the heart of the earth for ^(E)three days and three nights. ^41 (F)The men of Nineveh will stand up with this generation at the judgment, and will condemn it because ^(G)they repented at the preaching of Jonah; and behold, something ^(H)greater than Jonah is here.